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The Technology of Waste, Biofuels and Global Warming in Viable Closed Loop, Sustainable Operations

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  • William R. Butterworth

    (Land Network International Ltd, Devizes, SN10 2ES, UK)

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This research set out to explore and develop a route relating the recycling of urban and industrial wastes to land to produce agricultural crops with energy crops in the rotation, using the green leaf to “harvest” sunlight and to examine the sequestration of carbon dioxide and release of oxygen in a sustainable closed loop. Further, to establish if the pollution, particularly of nitrogen and phosphates (often associated with cultivations and use of mineral fertilisers) could be reduced or eliminated, so as to be able to develop systems which could contribute to the reversal of global warming. Finally, to probe whether practical operators on the ground could understand the technology, use it, and express what they were doing in a way acceptable to a wider society.

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  • William R. Butterworth, 2009. "The Technology of Waste, Biofuels and Global Warming in Viable Closed Loop, Sustainable Operations," Energies, MDPI, vol. 2(4), pages 1-9, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jeners:v:2:y:2009:i:4:p:1192-1200:d:6422
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    1. Jinyan Zhan & Haiming Yan & Bin Chen & Jiao Luo & Nana Shi, 2012. "Decomposition Analysis of the Mechanism Behind the Spatial and Temporal Patterns of Changes in Carbon Bio-Sequestration in China," Energies, MDPI, vol. 5(2), pages 1-13, February.
    2. Antonio Messineo & Gabriele Freni & Roberto Volpe, 2012. "Collection of Thermal Energy Available from a Biogas Plant for Leachate Treatment in an Urban Landfill: A Sicilian Case Study," Energies, MDPI, vol. 5(10), pages 1-15, September.

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    wastes; biofuels; global warming;
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